Eating out in Liverpool, restaurant and food guide

Bistro Jacques, Hardman Street, Liverpool Sep 22 2006

FOR his role as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull, Robert de Niro went on a four-month gastronomic tour of Italy and France to gain 60lbs in weight.Read

Vivante Brasserie, Liverpool Road, Birkdale Sep 08 2006

FORMERLY known as the Some Place Else (like, far out, man!) this bright and airy eaterie at the heart of Pleasant Valley Sunday Land was bought by the dad-and-lad partnership of Jim and Brian Corrin just over 18 months ago.Read

Bollywood Lounge, Grange Road West, Birkenhead Aug 25 2006

"GREAT new Indian opened, Bollywood Lounge," said a chum. I grimaced, sounded tacky to me. And talk about location, location - downtown Birkenhead didn't inspire me with enthusiasm. But I went along anyway - and how wrong can assumptions be!Read

Room Restaurant, Castle Street, Liverpool Aug 11 2006

IT WOULD never have been allowed in my father's day. The hands on the big clock over the entrance to the magnificent old banking hall were frozen at six o'clock.Read

Vinci's Cafe Bar, Allerton Road, Liverpool Jul 28 2006

WITH golf fans everywhere - from all over the world - milling around the city and discussing Tiger Woods, it was time to go for the local and low-key option.Read

Spire, Church Road, Liverpool Jul 21 2006

LIVERPOOL is hungry for more medium to high quality restaurants. If you're looking to splash out on a special occasion you need to book up weeks in advance to get a table in one of the city's best eateries.Read

Restaurant Locus 111 Boughton, Chester Jul 14 2006

WOMEN give a lot of airtime to men - the ones who bugged them, ditched them or simply disappeared. But guys aren't the only topic of girly conversation - there's also the subject of food.Read

The Stretton Fox, Stretton, Warrington Jul 07 2006

BACK when we were all still deluding ourselves that the Jules Rimet was within our grasp, before the pain of penalties, red cards and Beckham's goodbye, finding a football-free pub while our boys were on the World Cup pitch was quite a feat.Read

Politic, Watergate Street, Chester Jun 30 2006

PIZZA place"? said our friend, Clare, ever so slightly sniffily.While pizzas do create an air of not-very-good fast food convenience, or wild children's parties, the place we discovered in Chester is in a pizza league of its own.Read

El Macho Mexican Village, Hope Street, Liverpool Jun 23 2006

A WEEK ago last Wednesday, two of us sat down at El Macho, the Mexican restaurant on Hope Street, and started our meal. Six days, one hour and 25 minutes and three tables later, we finished.Read

The Grosvenor Arms, Chester Road, Chester Jun 16 2006

A PERFECT date usually includes your man, chocolate, the couch and back-to-back re-runs of well-known chick flicks. But when your other half prefers football to you in your fluffy PJs paying homage to Bridget Jones, romance soon becomes a wicked word.Read

The Courtyard Restaurant, Dale Street, Liverpool Jun 09 2006

IT WAS another barmy Friday evening. It always seems to be heaving every time I step out the door to go out at the moment, especially when I'm looking for a quiet night.Read

Heart and Soul, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool Jun 02 2006

IT'S said that the sort of restaurant you are in can be told by looking at its clientele.Read

Cafe Rouge, Victoria Street, Liverpool May 26 2006

THE French have always had a very special relationship with food. From the big family meals to their insistence on fresh ingredients and fine wine, the French take their meals very seriously.Read

Meet, Brunswick Street, Liverpool May 19 2006

THERE were oohs and aahs in my weekly planning meeting when I mentioned the subject of my latest restaurant review. No matter how sophisticated we tell ourselves we have become in our tastes, blokes simply cannot resist a good steak.Read

The Bistro, The Gallery, Formby May 12 2006

MY HUSBAND is away in Seville on a very long boy's weekend. Meanwhile, I am at home with four very bored children. "If dad's on holiday, why can't we go out for a meal," says one.Read

Zouk, Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool May 05 2006

IT MUST be a sign of getting old. I can remember a time, not too long ago, when going out for a meal meant a visit to Reece's, a Berni Inn or, if you were very adventurous, a Chinese restaurant.Read

Siam Thai and Teppanyaki, City Road, Chester Apr 28 2006

CHESTER seems to be under a Siamese siege. In recent years several superior Thai restaurants have opened in the city but the latest - Siam in City Road - is the daddy of them all and has brought the teppan-yaki style of dining to the city.Read

St John Restaurant and Bar, Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool Apr 07 2006

GORDAN RAMSAY is my favourite TV chef. I know his tongue lashings can go a little too far for the faint-hearted but, once you edit out the expletives, his advice is always sound.Read

Pan American Club, Albert Dock, Liverpool Mar 31 2006

CALL me old-fashioned, but it's hard to remember a world without pay & display. Everywhere you drive nowadays, you need a mound of coins at the ready so that you can park safely away from the reach of the clamper or parking attendant.Read

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